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Her Challenges
Ariana has already been through a number of frustrating challenges since
her desire to master the language first urged her, “The lack of professional
resources for non-Muslim adults in the local bookstores was among the
biggest discouragements” as she describes it.
In a nut shell
ARIANA
Alternatives such as surfing the web to find a suitable book, to begin with,
was not much of a help either as she lacks for the academic English, in
S. A 33-YEAR-
OLD
RUSSIAN
MOTHER OF A 2-YEAR-OLD GIRL, SHE HAS BEEN
LIVING IN KHOBAR ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND
SINCE 2012. TRYING TO ADOPT TO THE NEW
CULTURE SHE FOUND HERSELF IN, SHE PAID
which the majority of recourse that she wanted to try are written with. In
the absence of an objective judgment, her last resort was mainly people
reviews of the highly ranked recourse, but they were too vague to help her
formulating an opinion, not to mention the regular devotion for long hours of
surfing, saving to whatever favourite, adding to whatever basket, and then
comparing, all require her to stay up late in the night constantly when she
was in desperate need for those few hours to have an eye shot so she could
store up some energy for yet another long day with her petite kid.
AN INTERRUPTED EFFORT TO LEARN ARABIC
How We Help
ON HER OWN. HOWEVER, IT DID NOT YIELD ANY
RESULT. WHEN SHE MET TANISHA D., A STUDENT
OF OURS IN A RUSSIAN-SPEAKERS-IN-KHOBAR
NETWORKING EVENT, SHE CHOSE TO CONTACT
US AND SEE IF WE COULD EASE HER PAIN.
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After inquiring in one email about our programs, both Ariana and her
husband have agreed to try a free two-hour demo session with a female
tutor as they precisely requested on an agreeable date and time, at their
home.
After the introductory session, Ariana, her husband and our tutor gathered
around their dining table to discuss what we can offer based on her native
language, other acquired languages, expected progress, availability, and
social circles (or who she shall be practicing the language with).